Area
Arts
Gospel/African Music
George Walters-Sleyon in concert, Sunday, October
17 at 4:00 p.m. Calvary United Methodist Church, 59
Sabattus Street, Lewiston. Liberian-born preacher,
singer, and songwriter will be singing some great
gospel tunes, original compositions and Liberian melodies.
George's soulful renditions demonstrate, in passionate
expression, the deep anguish of the Liberian war and
highlight the hope of the gospel message. Free-will
offering to benefit Liberian Orphanage Project.
A
Rooster In The Henhouse
Hire a baby-sitter - it's parents' night out at the
Public Theatre! As a special fundraising event, The
Public Theatre presents the original NY production
of last season's Off Broadway comedy hit. Motherhood,
it's a man's job! So says, Mr. "stay-at-home"
dad John O'Hern in this comic one-man show describing
the jolts and joys of fatherhood from conception to
kindergarten.
Starting a family has proved fertile material for
actor and author John O'Hern. John is an actor; his
wife, Lisa, is a corporate executive. With his wife
scampering up the corporate ladder and John hanging
precariously from a lower rung, the handwriting was
on the wall as to who would be the one staying home
with the yet-to-be-conceived child. Based on a journal
he kept during his initiation into parenthood, this
comic rant includes tips on conception, the infrequent
joys of married sex and his courageous efforts as
a birthing coach.
Only three performances Oct 22, 23, 24, Friday and
Sat at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.. Tickets are $16
for adults and $14 for students and seniors. Group
rates are available. For tickets call 782-3200.
American
Ballet Theatre Studio Company Performs at Merrill
in USM Benefit
The University of Southern Maine is hosting a performance
of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Studio Company
in Merrill Auditorium, Portland, at 7:30 p.m., Friday,
October 29.
ABT Studio Company, based in New York City, is a classical
company of 12 young dancers of outstanding potential.
In its tenth season, the Studio Company prepares these
dancers to enter American Ballet Theatre and provides
opportunities for the emergence of new and established
choreographers and composers. Through in-school performances,
lecture-demonstrations and academic residencies, the
ABT Studio Company brings the excitement of close
contact with a professional company into communities
around the country.
Tickets for the October 29 performance range from
$20 to $44, and are available through PortTix at 207-842-0800,
or visit http://www.porttix.com Proceeds of the event
will support USM's dance program in the Department
of Theatre, which collaborates with the School of
Music in offering the popular new major in Musical
Theatre.
Call for Auditions: Richard Martin, Director
for Community Little Theatre's January production
of "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence
and Robert E. Lee, is holding auditions on October
17 at 7 pm and October 18 at 6:30 pm at the Great
Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy St., Auburn.
Characters to be cast include the following: Matthew
Brady, famous politician and lawyer-paunchy and an
indeterminate 65; Henry Drummond, famous lawyer skilled
in legal defenses; Judge, humorless and pragmatic
man; Tom Davenport, Hillsboro prosecutor-crisp, business-like
young man; E.K.Hornbeck, reporter in mid-thirties;
Mrs. Brady, a pretty, fashionably-dressed Second Lady;
Bertram Cates, age 24-pale, young man, quiet, shy
and well-mannered; Rachel Brown, age 22, second grade
teacher; Meeker, bailiff; Rev. Brown, gaunt, thin-lipped
man, father of Rachel; Mayor, another pragmatic man;
and Mrs. Krebbes, a humorless Hillsboro woman.
If you are unable to attend the scheduled auditions
or want a script for perusal, please call the Director
at 783-1828 or e-mail him at director@adelphia.net.
"Six Characters in Search of an Author"
opens: Luigi Pirandello's quirky dark comedy that
mixes illusion and reality, "Six Characters in
Search of an Author," is the second production
in the University of Southern Maine's Department of
Theatre season. Directed by Professor Minor Rootes
the show will open November 5, 2004, and run through
November 14 at Russell Hall on the USM Gorham campus.
Tickets are $12 for the general public; $8 for seniors;
and $5 for students. Call the Theatre box office at
780-5151 for reservations.
Pippin at Windham Center Stage Theater
proudly presents Pippin, the hit musical based on
the story of King Charlemagne's son, Pippin, who through
trial and error comes to find the meaning of life
and true happiness. There will be plenty of singing
and dancing from our talented cast of all ages! November
5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21. Friday and Saturday
shows are at 8pm and Sunday shows are at 2pm, at the
Windham Town Hall/ Community Center on School Road,
Windham. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors,
and $12 for adults. Please CALL 893-2098 for reservations
today. Hope to see you all there!
